How to Activate the low fuel light
#1
How to Activate the low fuel light
Does anybody have a picture on how to jump the low fuel switch to turn on the light. My light is not turning on so I want to test if the bulb is good without removing the dash. I couldn't find the directions in the service manual. Hopefully my 93 Maxima is not falling apart.
OnTheRoad
On jumping the shoulder belt chime, my Maxima was wired slightly different from the other Maxima. However, the chime will still chime on occasions -- don't have an explaination other that there a bad connection upsteam, maybe in the control box.
OnTheRoad
On jumping the shoulder belt chime, my Maxima was wired slightly different from the other Maxima. However, the chime will still chime on occasions -- don't have an explaination other that there a bad connection upsteam, maybe in the control box.
#2
Does anybody have a picture on how to jump the low fuel switch to turn on the light. My light is not turning on so I want to test if the bulb is good without removing the dash. I couldn't find the directions in the service manual. Hopefully my 93 Maxima is not falling apart.
OnTheRoad
On jumping the shoulder belt chime, my Maxima was wired slightly different from the other Maxima. However, the chime will still chime on occasions -- don't have an explaination other that there a bad connection upsteam, maybe in the control box.
OnTheRoad
On jumping the shoulder belt chime, my Maxima was wired slightly different from the other Maxima. However, the chime will still chime on occasions -- don't have an explaination other that there a bad connection upsteam, maybe in the control box.
#3
otherwise
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#6
seriously, i, too can do it w/out, but its a lot easier. I don't feel like I'm gonna break the damn thing.
#7
i leave it on b/c the bitdriver that came with my tool set is too fat to fit in the holes. so rather than hunting for another slender one-tip-per-handle screwdriver, i just leave it on.
#8
Edit: EL-47 shows the sender unit pins, under rear seat, the next pin given is dash pin 6
Last edited by Wiking; 05-19-2008 at 11:54 PM.
#10
I was wondering about something kind of similar to this. I swapped out gauge clusters a while ago and right at a quarter tank on the gauge my light comes on and stays on untill just below the quarter line. It then turns back off and then comes back on again around where it's supposed to at the empty line. I'm just curious as to what triggers the light itself, is it a contact point on the needle or some kind of signal from the sending unit itself? Not a big deal just always thought that was kind of strange.
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#12
Errr.... If it's intermittent, and not blowing fuses, I would think it's an open. Shorts usually mean sparks, heat and electrons taking the easy road to where they're not meant to go.
#13
Wire may short to +12V or GND. Spark is a bonus seldom received. Heat depends what is shorted where, smoke signals may also occur. Sparking General Electric fuel sensor has been known to blow 737 from the sky
#14
I was wondering about something kind of similar to this. I swapped out gauge clusters a while ago and right at a quarter tank on the gauge my light comes on and stays on untill just below the quarter line. It then turns back off and then comes back on again around where it's supposed to at the empty line. I'm just curious as to what triggers the light itself, is it a contact point on the needle or some kind of signal from the sending unit itself? Not a big deal just always thought that was kind of strange.
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